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ˈthick-ˈsown, a.
Also 8 thick-sowed.
Sown thickly or with little interval between the seeds. Also fig. So thick-sow v. (rare), to sow thickly.
1683Norris Coll. Misc. (1687) 429 A little Plot of ground thick-sown. 1712Addison Spect. No. 285 ⁋8 Metaphors are not so thick sown in Milton. 1728Morgan Algiers I. Pref. 14 Many were more inclined to fall on the well-laden thick-sowed English than any others. 1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 1234 To count The thick-sown glories in this field of fire. 1896Harper's Mag. Apr. 671/2 The distances, thick-sown with the faint yellow candle-flames. 1898Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 3/1 It is useless to thick-sow your dialogue with ‘ess fay’ and ‘thicky’, and ‘pretty vitty’,..and omit the breath of life and..expression of character. |